Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:32 pm 0

You need a Cube memory card.

Nintendodragon · Post by **Nintendodragon** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:46 pm 0

you'll need a memory card..

I bought Street fighter EO2 from play asia for a bout Â£5 and got a free memory card

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:53 pm 0

Okay, thanks.

The Caffeine Kid · Post by **The Caffeine Kid** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:06 am 0

Enjoying Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree, especially with Tanatoes' rankings to aim for ... thanks for sharing.

Nice budget price game - and just with the small chance of it getting the kids thinking and using their grey matter then it's worth it.

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:23 am 0

Deckard wrote:Well I spose i should be celebrating being the rabid fan boy but I am buying one of these in 4 weeks (the elite) so not a happy bunny really...

I fancied an Elite, but they're Â£330!!

Any idea if the extended waranty thing applies to Elites?

Tanatoes · Post by **Tanatoes** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:55 am 0

The Caffeine Kid wrote:

Enjoying Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree, especially with Tanatoes' rankings to aim for ... thanks for sharing.

Nice budget price game - and just with the small chance of it getting the kids thinking and using their grey matter then it's worth it.

Thanks! It certainly is cool playing against a friend's 'ghost' so to speak. I just wish my overall scores were improving. I'll have to spend some time pumping up my brain tomorrow.

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:04 am 0

disciple wrote:
Deckard wrote:Well I spose i should be celebrating being the rabid fan boy but I am buying one of these in 4 weeks (the elite) so not a happy bunny really...
I fancied an Elite, but they're Â£330!!

Any idea if the extended waranty thing applies to Elites?

The three year warranty against RRoD failings applies to all 360s.

Cheers

Bubba

Samus · Post by **Samus** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:11 am 0

How are the simple series games on DS? Recommend me something...

Samus · Post by **Samus** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:51 am 0

Wow, didn't expect so high scores:

Famitsu: Endless Ocean (Forever Blue) - 10/8/9/8

- feels a little like a simulation, exploring areas gradually
- clever production sucks you in totally
- with the change of camera view, you can get lost at sea
- you can explore the aquatic life as much as you want or you can go looking for events
- thereâ€™s lots of stuff you can do, play at your own pace
- production is great, you can feel the mystery and magnificence of the ocean
- thanks to the effects of the mysterious music, the game feels very rea

Excellent

arbster · Post by **arbster** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:18 pm 0

Samus wrote:Wow, didn't expect so high scores:

Famitsu: Endless Ocean (Forever Blue) - 10/8/9/8

- feels a little like a simulation, exploring areas gradually
- clever production sucks you in totally
- with the change of camera view, you can get lost at sea
- you can explore the aquatic life as much as you want or you can go looking for events
- thereâ€™s lots of stuff you can do, play at your own pace
- production is great, you can feel the mystery and magnificence of the ocean
- thanks to the effects of the mysterious music, the game feels very rea
Excellent

Wow.

Really am looking forward to this but was concerned it would be pap. I'm playing Metroid Prime atm and close to the end and it is getting quite intense, so something relaxing to play at times would be nice.

Hopefully this will be out by the end of the year in the UK.

Jamesac · Post by **Jamesac** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:29 pm 0

Remembering Aquanaut's Holiday, I was concerned that Endless Ocean would be another exciting game of looking at stuff. This, on the other hand, sounds like the game I wanted Aquanaut's Holiday to be.

James

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:33 pm 0

That Endless Ocean video looks really nice. Much better than I thought it would be. Does anyone know what the game entails?

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:59 pm 0

From video game chartz -

"Nintendo has updated it's forecast sales for fiscal 2008 for DS & Wii hardware, as well as for DS & Wii software.

Originally, Nintendo had forecast 14 million Wiis would be sold in fiscal 2008. Nintendo is now forecasting 16.5 million Wiis to be sold in fiscal 2008. Sold in this case denotes shipments to retailers. However, Wii is reportedly still selling out in many regions of the world. Through March 2007, Wii shipments were 5.84 million. If Nintendo meets the revised forecast, Wii will have outsold Gamecube (at least in shipped figures) by March 31, 2008. This amounts to Wii selling roughly 4 times than Gamecube (16 months of Wii sales vs 64+ months of GC sales).

Nintendo also announced that through June 30, 2007 a total of 9.27 million Wiis have been shipped worldwide.

Switching to the Nintendo DS front, sales are equally impressive. Lifetime to date shipments for the portable are at 47.27 million through June 30, 2007. DS continues to sell very well, however, Nintendo now expects sales of 26 million in the fiscal year, not 22 million.

On the software front, Wii software forecasts have been raised from 55 million to 72 million units shipped in the fiscal year. DS software has also been boosted from expected sales of 120 million units to expected sales of 130 million units during the fiscal year.

As a side note, despite a year long lead, Xbox 360 hardware has only 11.6 million units despite launching in November 2005 while Wii through June 30, 2007 has shipped 9.27 million units. Actual sell through is much closer, given that the Wii rarely stays in stock for long, while Xbox 360s have been fairly easy to find since the holiday season.

Edit: A report on CNN Money says Nintendo is expecting $3.09 billion in operating profit. Given Nintendo's guidance was raised 3 times in the previous year, and that Nintendo is quite conservative to benefit stockholders, it is quite likely that this figure will end up significantly higher. "

How high can you go ?

toxibunny · Post by **toxibunny** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:21 pm 0

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:30 pm 0

Doomed. Software only in a year.